22S 
THE CRESTED GUINEA-FOWL. 
Numida cristala. — Latham. 
Plate XXVIII. 
Peintade a Crete, Sonnini's Ruffon. — Peintade cornal, Tern* 
minck, Pigeons et Gal/inaoes, ii. 448 Numida cristala, 
Crested Pintada, Latham, General History, viii. p. 143. 
Vieillot's Gallene, pi. ccix. 
This bird is considerably less than the Common 
Guinea-fowl, represented on the next Plate, which 
ought properly to have come first in the order, 
the head and neck are bare, and of a dull blue, 
shaded into red upon the head. On the head, 
instead of the hard casque, there is an ample crest 
of hairy-like disunited feathers of a bluish-black, 
reaching as far forward as the nostrils, but in gene- 
ral turned backwards. The whole plumage, ex- 
cept the quills, is of a bluish-black, covered with 
small greyish spots, sometimes four, sometimes six, 
on each feather. The quills are pale yellowish 
brown, and the edges of the secondaries pure white, 
appearing very conspicuous from the contrast with 
the other parts. It is said by Temtninck to inhabit 
the Great Namnquas country, and to have the 6ame 
manners with its congeners. 
